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  • force of nature

    Whinston’s Whisdom – Customer Service

    Hi everyone, and welcome to Whinston’s Whisdom. I hope you all enjoyed my last article on Quiet Speculation, and I’m glad to be back writing again. While last week’s prediction about Aluren becoming the runaway success story of Columbus wasn’t on the mark, it still...

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  • force of nature

    Whinston’s Whisdom – Forces of Influence

    Hey everyone! I am extremely excited to be making my debut on Quiet Speculation. I think it’s only appropriate to start with an introduction for those of you who don’t know me.  From my QS Bio: Noah Whinston is a Chicagoland Magic player who’s been...

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  • Final Fortune

    Final Fortune

    All good things must come to an end.   Quiet Speculation has been slowly dwindling for some time now, as you have no doubt noticed.  There are many reasons for this, but the main reason is that I’ve been working on its successor: Doubling Season! ...

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  • Welcome To Doubling Season

    Welcome To Doubling Season

    Welcome to the new home of MTG Finance!

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  • Doublin’ Season

    Doublin’ Season

    Everyone’s been begging me to write about what I’ve been doing since the changes to Extended were announced, and up until this point, I’ve been busy actually swinging trades!  The announcement came unexpectedly, and along with some Legacy changes, totally shook up the Extended format,...

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  • Holy Crap, Double Standard!

    Holy Crap, Double Standard!

    I have so much to say about this, I need to digest my thoughts.  But just so people know where my wallet is these days, here’s a ledger of what I just picked up on MTGO.  Just curious to see what people think of my...

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  • 6/17 Podcast, Twitter Q&A + What’s Your Given discussion

    6/17 Podcast, Twitter Q&A + What’s Your Given discussion

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  • It’s A Given

    It’s A Given

    We all have them.  They’re ingrained in our brains as immutable fixed concepts, and we think they make us smarter and more experienced.  I’m talking about knowledge that’s “a given”.  For example, how many times did you hear “Blue just isn’t good in this format?” ...

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  • Twitter Q&A Podcast!

    Twitter Q&A Podcast!

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  • Video Review of Garruk’s DOTP Deck

    Video Review of Garruk’s DOTP Deck

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zbkQbroa8] The kind folks at WotC sent me a review copy of the Garruk DOTP deck, so I did what any blogger would do. I did a review!

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